Sunday Afternoon Basketball Open Thread
Didn't see this up yet, so I figured I would take the initiative. Top 25 Matchups are
- 25 Miami v. FSU
- 7 IU v. 13 MSU
- 17 Creighton v SIU
and obviously us later at 6:00
Obviously, the IU MSU game has the most effect on us, but other games of note include Iowa v. Purdue, and possibly Rutgers v. UConn.
January 27th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
Is legit, they get blown out today, I don't see them as a threat. You aren't going to beat good teams scoring 49 points
January 27th, 2013 at 1:12 PM ^
True, but I'll still worry about them when we play them, especially in EL.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:06 PM ^
I didn't know Baylor was playing!?
January 27th, 2013 at 1:17 PM ^
Ladies & gentlemen, our preferred walkon future kicker! Love him already.
The bronze shoe/sock combo makes it look like diarrhea running down their legs.
Combat football uniforms: great idea. Combat basketball uniforms: what the...
Someone pooped on MSU's shoes...
January 27th, 2013 at 1:35 PM ^
I see that this is getting a pretty good reaction but I think he's being pretty obnoxious. Not exactly a model way to handle rejection.
January 27th, 2013 at 2:30 PM ^
Agreed. If this kid was going to MSU and was saying the same stuff about Michigan, we would be calling him and idiot and a typical spartan.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:12 PM ^
Those jerseys and corresponding socks/shoes are U-G-L-Y.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:16 PM ^
Not getting the announcers on my CBS live feed. While ordinarily that's a good thing it's kinda annoying in this game where neither team has names on the back of their uniforms.
So who are we rooting for in this game other than the asteroid?
January 27th, 2013 at 1:19 PM ^
Good game so far. Hard to know who would be better or us to win this game. Do think it is likelier for us to sweep the Spartans as opposed to Indiana.
Playing in Assembly Hall is tough unless you're Wisconsin.
Edit: not that Breslin is easy just easier than Assembly Hall
January 27th, 2013 at 1:19 PM ^
Also, I love our team but would NOT mind having Victor Oladipo in our arsenal
January 27th, 2013 at 1:19 PM ^
A loud "Gary sucks" chants while gary harris is at the FT line.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:20 PM ^
Just turned the game on. These uniforms are the worst thing.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:22 PM ^
We have very little room to criticize given our Outback fiasco!
January 27th, 2013 at 1:28 PM ^
We have room compared to these. Lots of room.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:21 PM ^
Tom Crean is going for the Bill Frieder look, obviously. Perhaps as a stab at Izzo.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:22 PM ^
Why exactly is Indiana singling out Gary Harris? Maybe another Indiana kid who went to out of state to MSU...
January 27th, 2013 at 1:25 PM ^
Place is rocking Assembly Hall. Pretty good day
January 27th, 2013 at 1:27 PM ^
Derrick Nix runs like he's wearing a diaper.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:54 PM ^
He's kinda fat..
January 27th, 2013 at 1:56 PM ^
Rid of the load in his diaper
January 27th, 2013 at 1:27 PM ^
Thoughts on Indiana vs little bro, nike makes terrible uniforms. I accept the weird color scheme but the simplicity of the design and the team name on the back make the uniforms look very pre school like.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:28 PM ^
RealTimeRPI actually has Miami ahead of us. So we definitely want FSU to win and deflate their bubble.
January 27th, 2013 at 2:29 PM ^
As a Miami (YTM) fan, Miami is not really a threat for a #1 seed. They are a very streaky team and will unfortunately lose a couple of games they shouldn't during the year. They already lost to freaking Florida Gulf Coast.... Florida Gulf Coast!
I am biased, but I think it will be better for Michigan if Miami wins the ACC instead of Duke.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:30 PM ^
This is the first time since I can remember that big ten basketball is this entertaining.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:31 PM ^
MSU should probably be losing by even more but they're not even playing all that bad, IU is mostly hitting on all cylinders right now.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:32 PM ^
These refs are being very subjective. 3 horrible calls going against MSU. I can understand Izzo's frustration.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:47 PM ^
I want MSU to lose, so there's no such thing as a bad call against them.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
I'd prefer both teams to lose if possible.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:33 PM ^
It's important for IU to win. An MSU road win would be huge for them in terms of winning the conference. That said, Yogi just took about 5 steps on his layup. I also noticed he picks up his pivot foot too soon on most of his drives from the top of the key but he's never called for traveling.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:34 PM ^
White and green
And black
And bronze
But that's it, the only ones.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:40 PM ^
Those shoes will be the shit when it come to Halloween and mobile 3CPO costumes.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:42 PM ^
To act like tom Izzo, I would say you are a terrible parent.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
That is like the third turnover Indiana has had inbounding the ball.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
I don't even know what to say about it.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:57 PM ^
Of Ned Flanders and Dwight Struit
January 27th, 2013 at 1:49 PM ^
was just discussed on sports center!!
January 27th, 2013 at 1:51 PM ^
has actually been incredibly entertaining and very well-played (except for the IU TO's).
Great shot making, great ball movement
January 27th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
Also Payne is having much more of an impact than Zeller. Think Zeller is a good player but he is probably overrated at least to this point and not just based on this half's performance thus far.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:51 PM ^
Watford can be just garbage sometimes, he has the basketball IQ of Javale McGee. State is playing some good basketball and these teams are almost outscoring Minny-Wisconsin from yesterday.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:54 PM ^
Entertaining 1st half but Indiana should be pissed they're not leading by double-digits. They made a ton of unforced errors that their 10 turnover tally doesn't even begin to describe.
Also, yeah - without checking the box score, it seems like Zeller's been a nonfactor. To use Hokespeak, I haven't 'felt' him
January 27th, 2013 at 1:53 PM ^
IU can shoot the lights out, but their D is not impressing me, especially inside. This is the same Sparty team that scored 49 against Wisconsin and was in the 60's against PSU and Nebraska.
January 27th, 2013 at 2:24 PM ^
Different tempo in those games
January 27th, 2013 at 2:09 PM ^
Second half. Going to be a good one!
January 27th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
Indiana is so sloppy with the ball
January 27th, 2013 at 2:14 PM ^
Both teams shooting above 40 percent from three poit line.
State is above 50 percent.
January 27th, 2013 at 2:16 PM ^
8-13 from 3? Yeah, they aren't going to do that against us.
January 27th, 2013 at 2:24 PM ^
It always feels like Sparty and Ohio shoot lights out against us and awful against most everyone else of substance.
January 27th, 2013 at 2:17 PM ^
State shooting about 90% from three.
January 27th, 2013 at 2:18 PM ^
And still down by one.
January 27th, 2013 at 2:22 PM ^
That was a huge possession for Indiana.